"I thought votes were for sites, not comment sections" - I didnt downvote him for the comment did I? I simply choose not to reward his site after seeing him needlessly insult someone who liked his site.

I guess calling the author of the site an "ass" was needed to get your point across. You seriously need to lighten the f*ck up Sitsu. Maybe try to enjoy yourself every once in a while. It seems like every time I notice you these days it's a cynical or hypocritical comment. Plenty of people like your sites but it doesn't exclude them from being idiots. Let's face it, the original comment was sort of dumb.

We aren't "rewarding" users here, we are participating in a system designed to make good sites go up in the list and bad sites go down. Sites must be judged in isolation from the users who make them. In fact I try to think of my "base vote" before I even see who made the site. Then I check descriptions and sources, but I still try not to let them affect my vote too much. Comment sections are important only where the author uses them to add additional supporting information/data to the site as a whole.

I disagree. Generally, the reason people want a higher rating is for publicity. Lots of people make sites because they have fun doing it, of course, but they also want lots of publicity. They want the WORLD to see their headpasting skills. Giving a site a five because it is good work provides an incentive to the author to improve upon or make even better content. You're right in that when we rate we usually determine how many views the site will get (unless they sponsor, are featured, or use the WoW forums)

So, Sitsu, you are saying that, had he not commented, you would have voted 5, but after reading his comment you decided not to vote? I may not be very good at economics, but it seems to me like you're saying that his comment had a net cost of 5 stars and 1 vote, which would have raised the average of the site and would have better represented the actual population's opinion of the site, as the voting system is designed. Who knows, maybe I'm crazy.

True, it does function as carrot and stick in that sense. People would not be making good sites if it weren't for the publicity. But I'd rather see harsh comments and a good site than poor sites made by really nice people. I don't want to chastise people, I want to see good sites. And to do that we need good voters.

my cynicism is a reflection of distaste with what i've seen, otherwise i'm probably happier than i've been in years. "So, Sitsu, you are saying that, had he not commented, you would have voted 5, but after reading his comment you decided not to vote?" - precisely. i dont care what little difference it does or does not make, i personally didnt care for him insulting someone who liked his site and wouldnt feel good about voting 5 afterwards. I dont care how unpopular my opinion is or who lines up to disagree With me - I stand by what I said.

also, i dont get the whole 'ethics of voting' retort considering my response wasnt to downvote but to simply abstain from voting. i didnt want to cause his site to go down because of what he said, but I didnt want to give him a boost either. I completely disagree with people who downvote based on the user, but I dont see whats so bad about someone abstaining.

If everyone voted based on your behavior in your comments sections and your methods here, all of your sites would have 0 votes (or be all 1's). That's not exactly the best method of figuring out which sites are best. A better method would be to downvote the comments you don't like and vote fairly on the sites that you do. Amazing how max already thought of that! But, honestly, getting butthurt and sentimental about what someone literally says in a comments section of a humor website... that's absurd.

Abstaining from voting is basically taking a sh*t on the quality of the site, regardless of whether it was good or bad. We already know you think it's a good site. What you're doing is saying "yea it's a good site, but I'm withholding the rating I believe it deserves because I don't like you." It dilutes the quality of the product when they are judged not for what they are, but for who their creators are.

Cool. Anyone else see the impending destablization of a cloned dinasaur theme park in that picture or is it just me? On a completely unrelated note, I had to read Jurassic Park 3 times in high school...

Originality+Talent+Taste is always a win in my book. I commend you for having the balls to show us this work of art that you've made. Whenever I think of doing something like this I always wuss out because I think it will be harshly criticized and downvoted by mindlessly immature viewers who just want amusement for themselves and don't give a rat's *ss about personal expression.

Well actually I have made a few art sites but, none even come close to being as awesome as this. And maybe that's why they fail. I put effort into them but if not enough people enjoys them then well, the site is going to get a 3 and fade into obscurity. Votes may not seem to matter, but they do, to the extent that a site needs to get good enough ratings to be seen and noticed. The sad truth is that effort doesn't matter that much either. If your site isn't funny or interesting to the general public it fails

If your site is mildly funny and interesting to a wide audience then it will get lots of views, but if it is intensely interesting to a small audience it will not get lots of views. However, I wouldn't call the one that gets by on being a slightly amusing diversion for a lot of people which they would all gladly trade for something more interesting more valuable than something which you would be hard-pressed to replace with something better, even if only for a small group.

"I DON'T LIKE THIS AND I LIVE SUCH A SHELTERED, UNCULTURED, UNEDUCATED LIFE, THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY ANYONE ELSE LIKES WHAT I DON'T LIKE. I HATE YOU GUYS. I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH WHY. WON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME?" Keep trying douche. You're a pebble in a rock garden.

actually there was a lot of editing that went into making that gif, which was mostly my first rip and sync experiment that took far too much time to delete.
this site is simply "I found this gif. lol it's art"
evilregal, it's not my fault you're retarded and can't tell sh*t from apples. Some of you people really need keepers to smack your hands and tell you "no, bad retard."

Hey bud, thanks for responding to my claims with a rational, well-thought-out response. You sure would look even dumber if you had nothing to back up your bullsh*t and simply attacked me ad hominem. That wouldn't look good at all.

P.S. The author of this site made that image himself. He also made the sound...himself. He is extremely talented and chose to share his work with ytmnd. That's why people are upvoting. Look at his other sites.

evilregal, you were just raving about a site that simply had a 4 frame spinning image from google image search, and a 4 second clip of a hindi song. That's pretty much all I need to prove that you're a dumb f*ck who probably entertains himself with paperclips.

I can't believe I'm continuing to dignify your imbecilic rantings with my own responses...but dude, I gave that site a 3. It made me chuckle because of the description, which evidenced the author as being in love with a celebrity. You have no argument here. You're reaching for straws. Do yourself a favor, and google "red herring" and "ad hominem".

it doesn't matter why you gave it a 3 (and giving a YTMND a better rating just because of a description is dumb as sh*t in it's own right), you're still raving about what could quite possibly be one of the sh*ttiest YTMND's created all week. Go die.

YES JOE USERS ALWAYS MAKE COMMENTS DIRECTLY TIED TO THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT A SITE'S QUALITY. IF I ONE'D ONE OF YOUR SITES AND SAID "BEST SITE EVER" WOULD YOU STILL SAY I WAS RAVING? NO, JOE, YOU WOULDN'T, BECAUSE YOU ARE A HYPOCRITICAL C*CK.

I know a lot of people have probably said stuff like this just to be funny, but I am completely serious as I write it: I just got hypnotized and stared into that for about 10 minutes without even realizing how much time had passed. Wow. that thing is powerful. Thank you for making it. :)